Chapter 2 Flashcards
What are the Forces of Globalization?
- Trade
- Transportation
- Communication + Technology
- Media
What are the Dimensions of Globalization?
- Political
- Social + Cultural
- Economic
- Enviroment
What are the Factors of Production?
- Land
- Labour
- Capital
What are the opportunities and challenges?
- Homogenization
- Assimilation
- Accommodation
- Acculturation
What’s Homogenization?
The erasing of difference so that people become more and more similar
What’s Assimilation?
Culture of a minority group is absorb by another culture. Minority group disappears as it’s members take on the identity of the other culture
What’s Accomodation?
People from different cultures come into contact and accept and create space for one another. Leads to culture diversity
What’s Pluralism?
Minority groups participate fully in the dominant society, yet maintain their cultural differences.
What’s Hybridization?
The combining of different things to create something new
What’s Developing Nation?
Countries who are a medium to low standard of living
What’s Emerging Nation?
Developing country which has achieve industrial capacity and is on the path to becoming an industrial nation
What’s Media Convergence?
The use of electronic technology to integrate media such as newspapers, books, tv and the internet
